Moving Checklist

When relocating, there’s so much to do! Sometimes it’s hard to know what to tackle first. A moving checklist presents a clear timetable and outlines your next tasks at each step.This example checklist is provided by Relocation Central see the links for a direct link.

One Month Before Moving

Pick up a Change-of-Address Kit from the Post Office and fill out:

Friends and family

Banks

Insurance companies

Credit card companies

Magazines and newspapers – cancel local newspaper delivery

Doctors, dentists and other providers – transfer drug prescriptions

Take a look around the house. Start to think about what you don’t want to take with you.

Use up perishable foods

Sell, donate or hold a garage sale for unwanted items

Prepare a list of what you want to move.

Large appliances?

Outside furniture?

For full service moves:

What items won’t they move?

Get appraisals of high-value items in case of future claims

For do-it-yourself moves, make arrangements for truck, storage, rental and moving help, and buy packing supplies:

Boxes

Packing and masking tape

Markers

Newspapers

Twine

Start packing boxes. Mark boxes clearly as to contents and room to be placed in. Mark “Open First” clearly on boxes containing important items to be unpacked first:

Dishes

Pots and pans

Alarm clock

Bedding

Special toys

Towels

Lightbulbs

Plates

Tools – hammer, pliers, wrench

Stop by and make arrangements for picking up your important records:

Birth

Doctor

Dentist

Legal

Optician, optometrist

School – make sure you get one with a raised seal

Veterinarian

Close out your bank accounts:

Checking

Savings

Safe Deposit Box

Start a new bank account in your new town.

Transfer account from current bank?

Contact your child’s new school and notify them of your upcoming move to their area.

Contact the Chamber of Commerce in your new town or city. Request a relocation package.

Two Weeks Before Moving

Pack your vital documents in one place:

Passports

Military records

Mortgage records

Marriage license

Birth certificates

Vehicle titles

Stock certificates

Insurance papers

Bank records

School records

Medical records

Tax records

Make arrangements to disconnect your utilities. Get refunds for any deposits made. Have meters read. Give new address for them to send their final bill: